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ITP chap 13-14
zITP chap 13-14
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cognitive laziness | tendency to think in less effortful ways |
| in group, out group | belonging, the in group laughs at the out group |
| defense mechanisms | |
| identification | is a defense mechanism, boosts esteem through sense of belonging (wearing a hawks jacket after they win, you identify as belonging w the hawks) |
| stereotype | walter lippman coined the term |
| stereotype threat | concept that what you think your identity is, effects your performance |
| brilliant study w asian women | showed stereotype threat, identity can affect performance |
| prejudice | preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience |
| discrimination | the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of ppl (ethnicity, gender, age, disability) |
| confirmatory bias | we pay attention to things that confirm our bias, and ignore things that go against our bias |
| blue eyes brown eyes | experiment w children to see discrimination |
| attribution bias | we believe we are responsible for an event, rather than external factors |
| internal attribution | the act of placing blame on some type of factor or criteria that could be controlled by an individual for the cause of the event |
| external attribution | interpreting an event or behavior as being caused by the situation the person is in |
| fundamental attribution error | an individual assigns blame/cause of something to the person themselves and does not take into account external issues. most famous attribution theory |
| self serving bias | individuals attribute positive dealings to their own character and negative dealings to external factors |
| attribution theory- Bernard Weiner | perceived causes of previous events affect what will be attempted in the future. |
| 1st dimension | internal v. external, locus of control |
| 2nd dimension | stability |
| 3rd dimension | controllability |
| volitional | of your own will |
| just world hypothesis | it was meant to be, it will happen |
| defensive attribution | we blame the victim because we don't want to believe that bad things happen to anyone for any or no reason at all |
| tendency to blame the victim | |
| cognitive dissonance | Festinger- two thoughts are in opposition causing distress |
| group think | people want to follow what the rest of the group is doing |
| mind guard | keeping dissenting information away |
| require contrasting opinion | president needs dissenting information, it's helpful in making tough decisions |
| self perception theory | I haven't tried this, I don't like it |
| self-efficacy | thinking you can get something done |
| stress- beginning of 14 | how we deal w stressors often has to do w our commitment, control, and challenge |
| what does Lazarus say about stress | it's not just an event, it is a stimulus response transaction |
| social readjustment scale (Holmes and Rahe) | a measure of how many stressors you have. taken from DSM. biggest stressor for humans is losing a child |
| hassles | small stressor |
| acute stressor | big, but temporary stressor |
| chronic stressor | big stressor that is permanent |
| eustress | good stress, makes you feel/perform better |
| Hans Selye | made the G.A.S. |
| General adaptation syndrome | alarm, resistance, exhaustion. Caveman Instincts, cortisol |
| walter cannon | first described fight or flight response |
| sympathetic nervous system | fight or flight, active when facing intense situations, makes heart faster, boosts energy |
| parasympathetic nervous system | rest and digest, calms body after intense situations |
| adrenals on top of kidneys- adrenaline | secretes cortisol, a stress hormone |
| endorphins | feel good neurotransmitters, a collection of different neurotransmitters |
| chemicals related to hapiness | dopamine, endorphins, serotonin, oxytocin |
| specific neurotransmitters | dopamine and serotinin |
| flow | |
| pituitary gland purpose | releases hormones and controls function (release of hormones) of other endocrine system glands |
| master gland | the pituitary gland |
| endocrine system | emits hormones from glands, controlled by the pituitary gland |
| phobias | fear or panic reaction from a situation, living creature, place, or object |
| claustrophobia | fear of small spaces |
| agoraphobia | fear of the world and what might happen |
| arachnophobia | fear of spiders |
| Watson | founder of american behaviorism, studied british empiricists |
| William and James | children of Watson through his affair with Rosalie Rayner |
| who wrote Watson a letter of reference | Titchner |
Created by:
liz gelles